30th Covenant Awards Gala

Sunday, October 24, 2021
19 Cheshvan 5782
7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
A Virtual Celebration in Honor of Jewish Educators and Jewish Education

About the Celebration

This year our community joins together virtually to honor three extraordinary Jewish educators. While we cannot celebrate face to face again this year, what you will experience is incredibly special and no less heartfelt. Your presence will make the evening complete.

Through the Covenant Awards, the Pomegranate Prize, and the Covenant Grant programs, the Foundation strives to define Jewish education in its broadest possible terms and support imaginative and inspired approaches to Jewish learning. Award recipients and grantees span Jewish denominations, geographic regions, and educational settings.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of three outstanding Jewish educators, and you—an amazing network of teachers, clergy, philanthropists, lay leaders, administrators, and friends. For more information about the Foundation, including Grant application and Award nomination guidelines, please visit our website at www.covenantfn.org.

“By stimulating the hearts and minds of learners of all ages, educators make an essential contribution to Jewish vitality. The Covenant Awards celebrate that contribution by publicly recognizing the work of three outstanding educators each year.” Cheryl R. Finkel, Board Chair of The Covenant Foundation

Program

Bringing the Covenant Awards Celebration Home to You

Raising Our Spirits in Song

Batya Levine

Greetings

Barbara Goodman Manilow

Tribute for Harlene Winnick Appelman

Remarks by Lester Crown
Music by Oren Kaunfer and Natan Kuchar

Host for the Evening

Cheryl R. Finkel

Presentation of the 2021 Covenant Awards

Jordan T. Goodman, Danielle Rudas Goodman, & Steven Crown

The 2021 Covenant Award Recipients
Three short films by Ilana Trachtman

Helene Drobenare-Horwitz
Nominated by Dori Frumin Kirshner and Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky

Anna Hartman
Nominated by Diana Ganger

Judith Turner
Nominated by Ted Comet

Announcement of the
2021 Pomegranate Prize Recipients

Keating Crown

A Special Blessing for Jewish Educators Everywhere

Closing Remarks

Cheryl R. Finkel

Musical Finale

Batya Levine

From Covenant to You

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4

For all that you do

In recognition of all of you, outstanding Jewish educators and Jewish education champions who will be celebrating with your friends and families, a donation is being made to Ofek Academy, an initiative of ANU - Museum of the Jewish People (formerly Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot).
ANU – Museum of the Jewish People

Ofek Academy is a six-month gap year leadership program that brings together young people from diverse backgrounds living on Israel’s social and geographic periphery. Participants explore the Museum’s core exhibition in Tel Aviv, attend educational seminars, and engage in deep conversations on the diversity of Jewish identity and history. This initiative is a key component of ANU’s renewed mission and inclusive, pluralistic approach to reflect the Jewish world of today and to celebrate multiculturalism and Jewish diversity.

ANU is a world-class museum and cultural center dedicated to telling the inspiring and dynamic story of the Jewish people. ANU connects people to their roots, playing an integral role in strengthening Jewish identity and perpetuating Jewish heritage worldwide. ANU welcomes people of all backgrounds to explore its core exhibition, experiential programs, and comprehensive database that integrates genealogy, community documents, family names, music, films, and photographs. Opened in 1978, the museum was formally designated as “the National Center for Jewish communities in Israel and around the world” by the Israeli Knesset in 2005.

Learn more about ANU – Museum of the Jewish People at anumuseum.org.il.

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